The Delhi Police has alleged that a large sum of funds came from China to disrupt India’s sovereignty and cause disaffection against the country as part of a “larger criminal conspiracy”, according to an FIR filed under anti-terror law UAPA following allegations against the NewsClick portal.

It said the foreign fund was fraudulently infused by Neville Roy Singham, an active member of Communist Party of China. The Delhi Police served a copy of the FIR to the portal on Friday, a day after a city court directed it to do so.

“Chinese telecom giants like Xiaomi, Vivo etc, incorporated thousands of shell companies in India in violation of the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act), for illegally infusing foreign funds in India in furtherance of this conspiracy,” the police has alleged in the FIR.